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Vilufushi MP Riyaz Rasheed (R) pictured during a parliamentary committee meeting. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO/NISHAN ALI The Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure did not divulge the specifically requested details on how 661 flats from this government’s first social housing project were given to applicants, revealed the parliamentary Committee on Oversight of the Government on Thursday. The […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim have attended the function held by the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) this evening. Members of Cabinet, Members of Parliament, Senior Officials of the Administration, and PPM members also were in attendance at the function. Full details are available from the link below:
The housing minister on Wednesday defended a decision to publish an anonymous list of flat winners as a corruption probe continued into the social housing scheme and despite thousands of people complaining about its lack of transparency. The 661 winners of the flats built in Hulhumalé, a reclaimed island under development near Malé, are the […]
Hundreds of police and soldiers descended on the island of Villingili in Gaafu Alif atoll ahead of a visit from President Abdulla Yameen, cracking down on opposition protesters by removing banners and placards. Around 300 security officers, some armed, were sent to Villingili two days prior to Yameen’s arrival according to atoll council president Ahmed […]
President Yameen speaking at a rally in G.A. Villingili. PHOTO / PRESIDENT’S OFFICE President Abdulla Yameen on Tuesday night declared that even though he is willing to work with the opposition parties, he would not let them “bury him”. Speaking at a campaign rally held in Villingili in the southern Gaafu Alif Atoll, the president […]